Lawrence Funderburke vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Lawrence Funderburke, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Lawrence Funderburke played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than David Thompson, who played 8. Lawrence Funderburke had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while David Thompson had his rookie season in 1976-77. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Lawrence Funderburke	7	6	1997-98 to 2004-05
David Thompson	8	5	1976-77 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Lawrence Funderburke	David Thompson
Season	1997-98	1976-77
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	52	21.0	9.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.2	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.1	3.7	7.5	.490	0.0	0.1	.143	2.1	3.1	.679
David Thompson	82	36.6	25.9	1.7	2.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	-	2.9	10.0	19.8	.507	-	-	-	5.8	7.6	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	6	39.5	24.7	2.2	3.0	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.7	-	3.7	9.3	20.2	.463	-	-	-	6.0	8.8	.679


Season 2
	Lawrence Funderburke	David Thompson
Season	1998-99	1977-78
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	47	19.9	8.9	2.1	2.6	4.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	1.1	1.6	3.6	6.4	.559	0.0	0.1	.200	1.8	2.6	.708
David Thompson	80	37.8	27.2	2.0	2.9	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	3.1	2.7	10.3	19.8	.521	-	-	-	6.5	8.4	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	3	10.0	3.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.7	4.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
David Thompson	13	37.0	25.2	1.4	2.7	4.1	4.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	2.6	10.1	22.4	.450	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.825


Season 3
	Lawrence Funderburke	David Thompson
Season	1999-00	1978-79
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	75	13.7	6.4	1.3	1.8	3.1	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.2	2.5	4.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.2	.706
David Thompson	76	35.1	24.0	1.4	2.2	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.4	2.4	9.1	17.8	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.7	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	4	8.3	2.5	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
David Thompson	3	40.7	28.0	2.3	4.7	7.0	4.0	1.3	0.3	4.0	4.0	12.7	23.0	.551	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.727


Season 4
	Lawrence Funderburke	David Thompson
Season	2000-01	1979-80
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	59	11.8	4.9	1.3	2.1	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.7	2.0	4.1	.496	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.623
David Thompson	39	31.8	21.5	1.4	3.0	4.5	3.2	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.7	7.4	15.8	.468	0.2	0.5	.368	6.5	8.6	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	3	5.7	2.3	1.3	0.7	2.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Lawrence Funderburke	David Thompson
Season	2001-02	1980-81
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	56	12.9	4.7	1.4	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.2	2.1	4.4	.469	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.0	.607
David Thompson	77	34.0	25.5	1.4	2.3	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	3.2	3.0	9.5	18.8	.506	0.1	0.5	.256	6.4	8.0	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	5	4.0	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.4	0.6	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Lawrence Funderburke	David Thompson
Season	2002-03	1981-82
Team	Sacramento Kings	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	27	8.5	2.7	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.2	2.7	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.588
David Thompson	61	20.4	14.9	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.3	2.4	5.1	10.6	.486	0.1	0.2	.286	4.5	5.6	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	6	2.5	1.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.3	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750
David Thompson	3	22.0	11.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	2.7	5.0	11.0	.455	0.3	1.0	.333	1.3	2.3	.571

Note: Lawrence Funderburke didn't play in 2003-04.


Season 7
	Lawrence Funderburke	David Thompson
Season	2004-05	1982-83
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	2	10.5	4.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.600
David Thompson	75	28.7	15.9	1.3	2.3	3.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.2	1.9	5.9	12.3	.481	0.0	0.1	.200	4.0	5.1	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	5	5.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
David Thompson	2	32.5	12.0	0.0	0.0	0	3.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.5	4.5	12.5	.360	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	5.0	.600


Season 8
	Lawrence Funderburke	David Thompson
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	19	18.4	12.6	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.7	0.5	0.7	1.4	1.6	4.7	8.7	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	3.8	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lawrence Funderburke	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Lawrence Funderburke vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Lawrence Funderburke, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8